The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr.. Blaine is to deliver an address
on Washington in Detroit the 22d of
February.
The Queen Of Roumania lectures on
modern literature before the pupils OF
the Bucharest high school.
Queen victoria's New-Years's gifts
to the poor Of Windsor included 200
prime joints Of beef and 100 tons OF
coal.
Sixty-three Tennessee women called
on Gov. Taylor the other day to insist
on having one of their number appoint
ed State Librarian.
Russia is massing troops in her
southern provinces. and the Russians
believe war with Austria is inevitable,
belief which many Austrians share.
A son Of Rachel i going TO Africa
with NJ. de Brazza, the explorer. 1t il re-
membered that the great actress died
praying for her two boys.
Helen Gray Cone. who wrote "A
Summer Diversion for the Century. is
plain, middlc-agcd woman who wears
glasses and is very bright talker.
Nine. Nilsson's marriage to Count
Miranda will take place at Mentone.
Feb. ID. 1t will be an extremely quiet
affair. only the Spanish and Swedish
Consuls and few personal friends be-
ing invited.
Boston Corbett, the man who shot
Wilkes Booth. the assassin of President
Lincoln. is now an assistant Door
keeper in the Kansas Legislature. He
lives in dug-ont in Cloud County, and
is very poor.
Lord Randolph Churchill spent last
week examining the points of race
horses ut Newmarket. If he fails 10
make the people see how big man he
is, it is expe., It'd he will abandon poll
ties for the pi s.nt and go in for
sporting life
Mrs. Ellen Lie, Of Oshkosh is claimed
to be the Oldest woman IN Wisconsin
She was born in Ireland in 1883. mar
ried ut p. and four years ago travelled
from Maine to Oshkosh alone She is
in good health and bids fair TO last sew
eral years yet.
fraulein Anna kirbcl. new operate
star. is creating great sensation in
Norway. Ole Bulls son Alexander.
among other experts. is said to have
predicted that Fraulein klrbcl will
throw Jenny Lind into the shade. She
is % years Of age.
The Sultan of Morocco has had his
feelings hurt by the obstinacy of the
press in complaining Of the continued
sale Of young girls in his dominions.
He wants editors bowstringed and the
newspaper business in Tangiers wiped
out.
The Emperor of Germany has ex-
pressed the wish to meet Victoria in
her jubilee and his goth year The
question of chaperonage agitates diplo-
matte minds. The meeting may be
arranged for the coming summer. 1t
might help peace, if peace lasts until
then.
John Worlcy. who died last week in
Baltimore, made the first car-wheels
| used on the Baltimore L. Ohio Railroad,
and was 4 passenger on the first car
that was run over the road. In his
boyhood he witnessed the bombardment
of Fort McHenry by the British.
Lord Iddesleigh read the lessons at
Upton Pyne church, Of which his third
son, the Hon. and Rev. John Northcote.
is rector. the Sunday before his death.
The church was built in 1928 and re-
stored about ten years ago by Sir Stat
ford Northcote, who was lord of the
manor patron of the living.
There has been an enormous increase
Of the German forces on the French
frontier, the force having been raised
from 10000 to 10000. This has been
met by a corresponding increase in the
French frontier forces. and two armies
are now separated only by neutral
zone of from twenty to 100 miles. They
are almost face to face.
Haenisch's bronze statue of John C..
Calhoun will be unveiled at Charleston.
5. c.. in April. The pedestal is in
place and the statue has reached Ma
rion square, where it is to stand, but
the four bronze figures of Justice.
Truth. History, and the Constitution
are still to be cast in Italy.
Miss Mary S. Brennan. Matron Of
the Mount Auburn Young Ladies In
| stitute. near Cincinnati. has received
from the Board of Inspectors of Sta
tionary Engineers the first license to
run an engine ever issued to lady in
the United States, if not in the world.
| Miss Brennan is i refined and intelli-
gent young lady, being college gradu-
ate. and from her neat appearance and
cultured conversation she is the last
person in tho world that would be
taken for practical engineer.